Beethoven's 13th Piano Sonata "shares two features with its more famous ‘sibling' in C# minor: the title Sonata quasi una fantasia and the alla breve time
signature for the first movement. These similarities were conferred by
Beethoven. Sadly, there is a third similarity conferred by an
overwhelming consensus of the world's pianists: the alla breve tempo markings are almost universally ignored in public performances and recordings! ”
— Brian Chapman
CD CONTENTS (Sample downloads 0.5Mb, ~30 seconds)
1SCHUBERT: Impromptu in G flat, Op.90 No.3 sssssssssssjImpromptu in A flat, Op.142 No.2
1MOZART: Fantasia in D minor, K.397 sssssssss jMinuet in D, K.355/576b
1BEETHOVEN: Sonata in G, Op.49 No.2 ssssssssssss1111Allegro ma non troppo ssssssssssss1111Tempo di Minuetto
1BEETHOVEN: Minuet in G, WoO 10 No.2
1BEETHOVEN: Sonata quasi una fantasia in E flat, Op.27 No.1 ssssssssssss1111Andante ssssssssssss1111Allegro molto e vivace ssssssssssss1111Adagio con espressione ssssssssssss1111Allegro vivace
1GRANADOS: The maiden and the nightingale ssssssssssss1111from Goyescas
1ALBÉNIZ: El Albaicin from Iberia Book III
1DEBUSSY: Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque 1DEBUFootsteps in the snow from Préludes Book I 1DEBUThe girl with the flaxen hair from Préludes Book I 1DEBU The engulfed cathedral from Préludes Book I 1DEBU Gardens under rain from Estampes
The CD booklet contains reproductions of six illustrations (oil on canvas, 76x76 cm) by Lucy Chapman for the works by Granados and Debussy.
Playing time over 79 minutes BRIAN CHAPMAN — Piano MOVE MCD 426
